Program: Undergraduate Academic Advising
Date: Mon Nov 16, 2015 - 6:17:26 pm
1) Below are your program's student outcomes (SOs). Please add or update as needed.
Outcome 1: Students will be able to design and achieve a reasonable and timely academic plan that leads to a Bachelor of Social Work degree.
Outcome 2: Students will be able to identify academic and professional goals that incorporate his/her personal values, interests, aptitudes and skills.
Outcome 3: Students will be able to identify and utilize resources to support them in achieving their academic and professional goals.
2) Your program's SOs are published as follows. Please update as needed.
Program's Website. URL: http://www.hawaii.edu/sswork/forms/bsw/BSW_Student_Handbook.pdf Student Handbook. URL, if available online: All new students are also given a hardcopy of the BSW Student Handbook
Information Sheet, Flyer, or Brochure. URL, if available online: UHM Catalog. Page Number: Other: BSW New Student Orientation Other: Faculty & Student Mandatory Advising Memos3) Provide the program's activity map or other graphic that illustrates how program activities/services align with program student outcomes. Please upload it as a PDF.
- File (10/03/2015)
4) Did your program engage in any program assessment activities between June 1, 2014 and September 30, 2015? (e.g., establishing/revising outcomes, aligning activities to outcomes, collecting evidence, interpreting evidence, using results, revising the assessment plan, creating surveys, etc.)
Yes
No (skip to question 14)5) For the period between June 1, 2014 and September 30, 2015: State the assessment question(s) and/or assessment goals. Include the student outcomes that were targeted, if applicable.
A. 100% of new students will attend a mandatory orientation session where they will receive training on how to use STAR, the UHM catalog, Credit Check form, and the Student Handbook to identify and understand program requirements.
B. 100% of student files will have an Academic Plan form that is updated every semester by the student and a faculty advisor.
C. In the BSW Self Assessment Surveys, 90% of respondents will indicate that they received assistance, if requested, in examining academic and professional goals for themselves.
D. In the BSW Self Assessment Surveys, 90% of respondents will indicate that they received assistance in identifying and utilizing appropriate resources to support them in achieving their academic and professional goals when they requested such assistance.
6) State the type(s) of evidence gathered to answer the assessment question and/or meet the assessment goals that were given in Question #5.
Evidence for Measure A (New Student Orientation)
Orientation sign-in sheets
Evidence for Measure B (Academic Plan Form)
Review of student files for presence of current Academic Plan form.
Evidence for Measures C & D
Mid-term and Exit surveys -- review student responses.
7) State how many persons submitted evidence that was evaluated. If applicable, please include the sampling technique used.
For Measure A
All new students = 55
For Measure B
All student files were reviewed for academic forms completed w/ both student & academic advisor = 114 students,
6 faculty advisors
For Measure C & D
76 respondents
8) Who interpreted or analyzed the evidence that was collected? Check all that apply.
Program faculty/staff member(s) Faculty/staff committee Ad hoc faculty/staff group Director or department chairperson Persons or organization outside the university Students (graduate or undergraduate) Dean or Associate Dean Advisory Board Other: 9) How did he/she/they evaluate, analyze, or interpret the evidence? Check all that apply.
Compiled survey results Used quantitative methods on student data (e.g., grades, participation rates) or other numeric data Used qualitative methods on interview, focus group, or other open-ended response data Scored exams/tests/quizzes Used a rubric or scoring guide Used professional judgment (no rubric or scoring guide used) External organization/person analyzed data (e.g., Social Science Research Institute) Other: 10) For the assessment questions/goals stated in Question #5, summarize the actual results.
For Measure A
54/55 (98.2%) of new students entering the BSW program in 2015 attended orientation.
- One student is on LOA and was unable to attend an Orientation session.
For Measure B
86.8% (99/114) of BSW student files have an academic plan form that appears to be updated.
[Note: 91.2% (104/114) of BSW student files have an Academic Plan form. Of those, 95.2% (99/104) are current.
96.6% (57/59) of continuing students have Academic Plan forms vs. 85.5% (47/55) of new students. Most new students have only met w/ their advisor once, so we expect this percentage to increase with future meetings.
Assigned Academic Advisor
Measure C.
Among 76 respondents, 44 students reported that they requested assistance in examining academic goals, and 95.5% (42 students) reported that they received assistance; 25 students reported that they requested assistance in examining professional goals, and all of them (100%) reported that they received assistance.
Measure D.
30 students reported that they requested assistance in identifying and utilizing appropriate resources, and 96.7% of these (29 students) reported that they received assistance.
Other Advisor:
C. Among 76 respondents, 17 students reported that they requested other advisor his/her assistance in examining academic goals, and 94.1% of these (16 students) reported that they received assistance; 15 students reported that they requested assistance in examining professional goals, and 93.3% of these (14 students) reported that they received assistance.
D. 10 students reported that they requested assistance in identifying and utilizing appropriate resources, and 90% of these (9 students) reported that they received assistance.
11) What was learned from the results?
Measure B: Further advisor training is needed to ensure that all students have an academic plan in place. Most academic plans are kept current, at least as of the most recent advising period.
Measures C & D: It appears that almost all students who seek assistance will be successful in attaining help from either their advisor or another advisor.
12) State how the program used the results or plans to use the results. Please be specific.
Measure B: Further targeted advisor training is needed to ensure that all students have an academic plan in place. Student Services will meet individually w/ advisors who lag in completing plans for their advisees files.
Furthermore, it may be useful to survey the BSW faculty to find out if they have ideas on how they can be more attentive to their documentation with students. Can the documents be better streamlined or available in another format?
13) Reflect on the assessment process. Is there anything related to assessment procedures your program would do differently next time? What went well?
The BSW cohorts are steadily increasing so that it is becoming more challenging for the BSW faculty to stay ahead of the necessary documentation. While there are few faculty advisors overseeing all BSW students, we might think about other strategies (e.g. student evals.) to obtain more targeted feedback from students about their understanding of their academic plan.
14) If the program did not engage in assessment activities, please explain.
Or, if the program did engage in assessment activities, please add any other important information here.
N/A